Yesterday was another record hot day in Shreveport-Bossier with temperatures climbing to 107. The previous record was 104. The record for August 17th is 106 and we could surpass that later today.

The old record was set back in 1951.

The last time we got more than one inch of rain in Shreveport Bossier was way back on April 26th when we got almost 2″ of rain.

Here are the numbers for the summer so far:

.91 on June 22nd
.42 on June 30th
.71 on July 4th
.21 on July 5th
.57 on July 24th
.26 on July 28th

We have had no measurable rainfall in August.

 

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